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“alimentée” and “alimentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,841
“alimentée” frequency rank
#28,821
“alimentés” frequency rank
50662
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alimentée alimentés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe alimenter. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe alimenter.

Same sound, different letters: alimentée vs alimentés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. alimentée (VCVCVCCVV) and alimentés (VCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
alimentée
9 ch
alimentés

Same sound, different spelling - alimentée / alimentés

This is the hard kind. alimentée and alimentés are pronounced identically (\a.li.mɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “alimentée” becomes s in “alimentés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alimentée is recorded at frequency rank #21,841, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\. alimentés is at rank #28,821, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50662, this pair ranks #160,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alimentée vs alimentés

Shared letters: aeilmnté. Private to "alimentée": -. Private to "alimentés": s.

"alimentée" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVV  ·  "alimentés" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alimentée" and "alimentés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.li.mɑ̃.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "alimentée" or "alimentés" show up more?
"alimentée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,841 in our French list, against #28,821 for "alimentés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alimentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alimentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #160,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alimentée" and "alimentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliénés vs alimentés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #160,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list